Combination milking stool and pail holder



April 30, 1929.

c. w. BOND COMBINATION MILKING STOOL AND PAIL HOLDER Filed June 20, 1928ERW Patented Apr; 30, 1929.-

PATENT 5 OFFICE CHARLES W. BOND, OF LA GRANDE, OREGON.

COMBINATION MILKING STOOL AND PAID HOLDER.

Application filed. June 20, 1928. Serial No. 286,845.

This invention relates to a combination milking stool and pail holder.

The main object is to provide an efficient and sturdy device which willprotect the milk from foreign matter such as dirt, dust or the like, andwhich will have a milk receiving element and means for readily adjustingthe milk receiving element bot-h. vertically and horizontally.

Another object is to provide a device of the above named character whichwill be simple in construction and readily dismantled for cleaning andthe like.

With these and other objects inview, the in vention resides in the novelconstruction and arrangement of the parts as hereinafter setforth andclaimed.

In the drawing Figure 1 is a side view, partly broken away, of myinvention.

Figure 2 is a plan view thereof.

Figure 8 is a detail of the retaining ratchet and its associatedelements.

In practicing my invention I provide a pail holder 1 of any suitablematerial and shape being here shown as circular and having the flaredwalls or sides 2 and adapted to receive the conventional milk pail 8. Atop or closure 4: is attached by a hinge 5 to the side 2 and at adiametrically opposite point a conventional spring catch 6 is secured toreleasably retain the top a in the closed position. 7 is a handleaffixed to a medial point of the top by means of which the pail holderand associated elements may be carried from place to place. It isobvious that a conventional bail (not shown) may readily be used in lieuof the handle 7 if desired.

Secured to the pail holder 1 near its top and to one side of the springcatch 6 is a bracket 8 havingan aperture 21 in which rotatablyandslidably mounted an elongated circular post 9 and a set screw or wingbolt 10 in the bracket 8 permits the post 9 to be secured in anyadjusted position. A swinging arm element or assembly 11 0f theconventional parallel motion type is provided, the same comprising thespaced parallel levers 12 and 13 pivoted at one end in the post 9 at 14and being pivotally connected at 16 at their outer ends to a cross piece15. Extended outthat the arm element or assembly 11 may be swung up ordown as desired and the funnel 19 will at all times remain in thevertical position. To retain the arm assembly 11 in any adjustedposition I provide the arcuate ratchet arm 22 secured at its lower endto the post 9 at 28 and having the ratchet teeth 33 v upon. its innermargin as shown.

Spaced brackets 24: and 25 areseeured upon the lever 12 and a pawl 26 isslidably mounted therein being spring set by coil spring 27.

braced between the bracket 24 and a collar 28 which normally holds thesaid pawl in engagement with the ratchet teeth. A finger piece 29 isprovided to operate the pawl and it willbe understood that the armassembly '11 may be secured in any adjusted position by this means. I

The funnel 19 is provided with an elbow 30 over the end of which may beplaced a flexible tube or hose 31 made of rubber or the like, whichextends within the pail holder 1 through a suitable aperture in the sidethereof,

so that milk discharged into the funnel 19 will flow into the pail 3.The tube 31 is supported by small loops or hangers 32 secured to thelever 13 and these loops are preferably made of spring material to allowthe tube 31 to be readily removed therefrom for cleaning.

The use of the device will be obvious from the foregoing and it will beunderstood that the funnel 19 maybe adjusted vertically by raising theentire supporting assemblymount' ed upon the post 9 in the bracket 8 andalso by swinging the arm assembly 11 up or down.

The funnel may be adjusted horizontally by turning the post 9 in thebracket 8.

While I have herein set forth a preferred embodiment of my invention itis understood thatl may varyfrom the same in minor details within thescope of the appended claim.

I claim:

In .a device of the character described, a

pawl slidably mounted upon the parallel motion frame and adapted toengage the said ratchet arm to lock the frame at any set po- 10 sition.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature.

CHARLES W. BOND.

